Ming Joo Koh (0000-0002-2534-4921)

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Dr. Ming Joo Koh was born and raised in Singapore. He received his B.Sc. degree (First Class Honors) in Chemistry & Biological Chemistry from Nanyang Technological University in 2012, before heading to Boston College for his Ph.D. and post-doctoral studies under the supervision of Professor Amir Hoveyda from 2012-2018. In 2018, Dr. Koh joined the Department of Chemistry at the National University of Singapore as a President's Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2023. Currently, Dr. Koh is a Dean’s Chair Professor and Deputy Head of Department for Research. His research focuses on developing sustainable and practical catalytic solutions that address critical challenges in chemical synthesis through base metal catalysis and radical cross-coupling, which were published in top scientific journals such as Nature, Nature Catalysis and Nature Chemistry. Dr. Koh’s internationally recognized program in sustainable chemical synthesis has won him numerous research awards, including the Asian Core Program Lectureship Awards for Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan and Thailand (2019, 2022, 2023), Innovators Under 35 (TR35) Asia Pacific Award (2021), TCI-SNIC Industry Award in Synthetic Chemistry (2021), Thieme Chemistry Journals Award (2022), C&EN’s Talented 12 Award (2022), Young Scientist Award, SNAS (2022), Young Researcher Award, NUS (2023), Novartis Early Career Award in Chemistry (2023) and Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Science Award for Creative Work (2024).

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National University of Singapore: Singapore, SG

2023-07 to present | Associate Professor (Chemistry)

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National University of Singapore: Singapore, SG

National University of Singapore: Singapore, SG

National University of Singapore: Singapore, SG

National University of Singapore: Singapore, SG

Boston College: Chestnut Hill, MA, US

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Boston College: Chestnut Hill, MA, US

Nanyang Technological University: Singapore, Singapore, SG

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A Homolytic Substitution Approach for Directing Group-Free Nickel-Catalyzed Dialkylation of Unactivated Alkenes

Multicomponent Construction of Tertiary Alkylamines by Photoredox/Nickel-Catalyzed Aminoalkylation of Organohalides

Kinetically controlled Z-alkene synthesis using iron-catalysed allene dialkylation

Direct radical functionalization of native sugars

Electrochemical Synthesis of C(sp3)‐Rich Amines by Aminative Carbofunctionalization of Carbonyl Compounds

Electrochemical Synthesis of C(sp3)‐Rich Amines by Aminative Carbofunctionalization of Carbonyl Compounds

Accessing Fluorinated Tertiary Homoallylamines via Photocatalytic Defluorinative Aminoalkylation of Fluoroalkyl-Substituted Alkenes

A Bimolecular Homolytic Substitution-Enabled Platform for Multicomponent Cross-Coupling of Unactivated Alkenes

Enantioselective synthesis of multifunctional alkylboronates via N-heterocyclic carbene–nickel-catalysed carboboration of alkenes

N-glycoside synthesis through combined copper- and photoredox-catalysed N-glycosylation of N-nucleophiles

Congested C(sp3)-rich architectures enabled by iron-catalysed conjunctive alkylation

Selective 1,2‐Hydroarylation(Alkenylation) of gem‐Difluoroalkenes to Access (−CF2H) Motifs

Selective 1,2‐Hydroarylation(Alkenylation) of gem‐Difluoroalkenes to Access (−CF2H) Motifs

1.12 Nickel-Catalyzed Alkene Dicarbofunctionalization

N-Heterocyclic carbenes as privileged ligands for nickel-catalysed alkene functionalisation

A Bimolecular Homolytic Substitution-Enabled Platform for Multicomponent Cross-Coupling of Unactivated Alkenes

Recent Advances in First-Row Transition Metal-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling Reactions for π-Bond Functionalization and C-Glycosylation

Enantioselective C–C cross-coupling of unactivated alkenes

Diversification of Glycosyl Compounds via Glycosyl Radicals

Diversification of Glycosyl Compounds via Glycosyl Radicals

Stereoselective C‐Aryl Glycosylation by Catalytic Cross‐Coupling of Heteroaryl Glycosyl Sulfones

Stereoselective C‐Aryl Glycosylation by Catalytic Cross‐Coupling of Heteroaryl Glycosyl Sulfones

A Photoinduced, Nickel‐Catalyzed Reaction for the Stereoselective Assembly of C‐Linked Glycosides and Glycopeptides

A Photoinduced, Nickel‐Catalyzed Reaction for the Stereoselective Assembly of C‐Linked Glycosides and Glycopeptides

Diastereo- and enantioselective synthesis of compounds with a trifluoromethyl- and fluoro-substituted carbon centre

Catalytic Multicomponent Synthesis of C‐Acyl Glycosides by Consecutive Cross‐Electrophile Couplings

Catalytic Multicomponent Synthesis of C‐Acyl Glycosides by Consecutive Cross‐Electrophile Couplings

Synthesis of tri- and tetrasubstituted stereocentres by nickel-catalysed enantioselective olefin cross-couplings

Visible light activation enables desulfonylative cross-coupling of glycosyl sulfones

Directing group-free approaches for three-component catalytic dicarbofunctionalization of unactivated alkenes

Stereoselective Synthesis of Trisubstituted Alkenes by Nickel‐Catalyzed Benzylation and Alkene Isomerization

Stereoselective Synthesis of Trisubstituted Alkenes by Nickel‐Catalyzed Benzylation and Alkene Isomerization

Base-Mediated Site-Selective Hydroamination of Alkenes

Secondary phosphine oxide-activated nickel catalysts for site-selective alkene isomerization and remote hydrophosphination

Author Correction: Directing-group-free catalytic dicarbofunctionalization of unactivated alkenes

Directing-group-free catalytic dicarbofunctionalization of unactivated alkenes

Iron-catalysed reductive cross-coupling of glycosyl radicals for the stereoselective synthesis of C-glycosides

N-Heterocyclic Carbene–Nickel-Catalyzed Regioselective Diarylation of Aliphatic-1,3-Dienes

Secondary Phosphine Oxide-Activated Nickel Catalysts for Site-Selective Alkene Isomerization and Remote Hydrophosphination

Secondary Phosphine Oxide-Activated Nickel Catalysts for Site-Selective Alkene Isomerization and Remote Hydrophosphination

Olefin functionalization/isomerization enables stereoselective alkene synthesis

Catalytic Regioselective Olefin Hydroarylation(alkenylation) by Sequential Carbonickelation-Hydride Transfer

Photoinduced Nickel-Catalyzed Deaminative Cross-Electrophile Coupling for C(sp2)–C(sp3) and C(sp3)–C(sp3) Bond Formation

Photoinduced Nickel-Catalyzed Deaminative Cross-Electrophile Coupling

Iron‐Catalyzed Regioselective Alkenylboration of Olefins

Iron‐Catalyzed Regioselective Alkenylboration of Olefins

Ultrahigh-yield on-surface synthesis and assembly of circumcoronene into a chiral electronic Kagome-honeycomb lattice

Real-Space Imaging of a Single-Molecule Monoradical Reaction

Site-Selective Remote Protoboration by Fe Catalysis

Chemoselective Union of Olefins, Organohalides, and Redox-Active Esters Enables Regioselective Alkene Dialkylation

Peer review (65 reviews for 14 publications/grants)